Self-management positivity and its influencing factors among lung cancer patients: A cross-sectional study

Self-management positivity in lung cancer patients has been seldom analyzed, this study was designed to evaluate the patient activation in lung cancer patients. This is a cross-sectional survey, questionnaires designed by relevant experts were distributed to lung cancer patients enrolled and collected immediately after completion. Patient Activation Measure 13 (PAM-13) was used for evaluating patient activation in these patients, and correlations between possible influence factors and PAM-13 were analyzed. 443 patients were incorporated into the study, the PAM-13 score ranged from 19.79 to 100 with the mean score of 62.95 ± 16.77, belonged to level 3. The lowest scores were found in patients > 70 years old (51.65 ± 18.64), losing a spouse (51.20 ± 16.92), monthly household income